John Gerritsen

The Education Minister has defended his ministry's handling of serious problems that forced Hutt Valley High School to close an entire block of classrooms.

Hundreds of senior students will have to… Audio

Early childhood service owners are wary of plans for a squad to investigate potential fraud and safety failures.

The Education Ministry is reinstating the Provider Assessment Group which ceased… Audio

A special Education Ministry squad investigating potentially dodgy early childhood providers has been on hold since the end of October.

The Provider Assessment Group made surprise visits to high-risk… Audio

Redundancies and funding cuts are putting people who work with international students under increasing pressure.

They say New Zealand will struggle to restore its foreign enrolments if schools… Audio

The number of New Zealanders enrolling in the nation's polytechnics and universities has grown rapidly this year.

The increase in numbers mean some institutions will ask for more government funding… Audio

Some Auckland secondary schools are reporting unusual and unpredictable behaviour from students and they believe the Covid-19 pandemic is to blame.

They say their counselling services are stretched… Audio

The government will be asked to foot the bill as universities report big increases in New Zealand students enrolling.

So far four universities, Canterbury, Victoria, Lincoln and Otago, have revealed… Audio

Half the country's universities are reporting a big jump in enrolments from local New Zealanders.

Canterbury, Victoria, Lincoln and Otago universities are all starting the year with more students… Audio

Universities are wielding massive cuts to tutoring and casual lecturing jobs.

This on top of the 700 permanent roles universities are shedding to cope with the loss of foreign student fees.

Now… Audio

Now into their fourth lockdown, some Auckland schools are still trying to find ways of ensuring their students can connect to the internet and learn from home.

The government last year connected… Audio

There are calls for the government to pay for more home internet connections for school students in Auckland.

The city is on to its fourth lockdown and secondary principals say online learning is… Audio

The Principals Federation has advised its members to defy legally binding directives to enrol violent children who have been kicked out of other schools.

It says principals should consider refusing… Audio

The Principals Federation is challenging the authority of the Ministry of Education to order schools to enroll violent children.

It has told its members to consider contesting any directed enrolment… Audio

Nearly 700 university staff are losing or leaving their jobs because of a financial hole left by falling foreign enrolments.

The cuts began last year and many are being made through early leaving or… Audio

University staff warn a lack of foreign PhD students is hurting major research projects.

They say most doctoral students need to be in New Zealand for laboratory and fieldwork but border restrictions… Audio

Are modern classrooms any good?

Some teachers and parents don't like the open-plan classroom blocks that schools are building and now the Education Ministry is using electronic monitoring to assess… Audio

Auckland principals are confident this week's lockdown will have little impact on children's learning - so long as it is only for three days.

They say some of Auckland's 250,000 school students will… Audio

The Education Ministry has reacted swiftly after a senior teacher sent Covid-19 conspiracy theories to at least 40 principals and teachers.

The man emailed a PDF including various allegations and… Video, Audio

The Education Ministry is warning of a shortage of secondary teachers in Auckland for the next three years.

It has forecast a shortfall of 30 teachers in the city this year.

Emma Hatton spoke with… Audio

Alarm over falling student achievement has prompted calls for a radical overhaul of the school system.

The man who led a big review for the government two years ago, Bali Haque, says the problem is… Audio